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Another character is TSA.
Quote from: Nameless on January 17, 2012, 08:09:52 AMAnother character is TSA.TSA isn't as good in a FBTNB offense, because it's difficult to band him in. The only Hero-based way is Israelite Archer. Gathering also works, but takes four turns.
MKC would probably be the person to ask, but I would include TSA in a FBTNB offense for sure.
TSA is included in a Fbtnb offense for the exact reason Nameless stated. The fact Archer is the only hero able to band to him is often negligible because TSA is quite capable of rescuing lost souls by himself, especially early game.Fbtn defenses are doable, but not as effective as Fbtn offenses. However, Jds19410 did win a previous Nats using a Fbtn defense.
I'm pretty sure there's a statute of limitations for nats winning decks.
This is the phar defense I use currently in small decks:Gray Evil Characters: 6 Hard-Hearted Religious Leaders Pharisees Pontius Pilate/ Vitalius Proud Pharisee Sabbath Breaker The Entrapping PhariseesBrown Evil Characters: 1 Uzzah-King Saul if paired with FBTNBMulti-Color Evil Enhancements: 1 Tenants Kill the Son (Gray/Black)Gray Evil Enhancements: 4 Balaam's Disobedience Gold Shield Night Raid PretensionPersonally, though I have never paired this with fbtnb, I think this defense works best with something faster than fbtnb as it takes more set up then something like wraith posted.
I just generally see the standard PP, EP, Scribe, and HHRL, then Balaam's Disobedience and a couple enhancements that aren't BD.
My record at last Nats was basically 7-3 (2 timeout wins) with a numbers banding deck. Not the best but I think pretty decent. I don't have the decklist with me right now but I think it was 63 cards with mostly defense and 0 enhancements. The defense included KoT, Job's Wife, Sapphira, Foul Spirit, and Balaam. I then included as many CBN/CBI banding cards as possible - Gomer, Wandering Spirit, Spirit of Tempation, Mannaseh w GoJ, etc. There are some more conditional CBN banding cards like King Rezin?, Nebuchadnezzer, some Egyptians, Assyrians, etc. I went with Herodias and the Herod that CBN bands to a Saduccee with a large # Saduccee included. I put in the 2 anti hero banding Herods. I then included all the demons that band to a human or demon (Fallen Angel, Lying Spirit, etc) and Lot's Wife. My evil character count was around 25.You definitely want to include Gates of Hell, Unknown Nation, site guard lost soul with a couple multi sites. In one version I even included High Places with the fortify site cards. Because of size constraints, I ended up with a numbers/banding offence also. Of course the meta is different this year and this is really hurt by some of the new cards - Cov with Death, Isaiah offense, etc.
Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on January 17, 2012, 07:40:34 PMMKC would probably be the person to ask, but I would include TSA in a FBTNB offense for sure.TH3 UNF0RG1V4BL3 would be another good person to ask.